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  • fosforus@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    I use -f 22 to set a lower quality actually, because most videos on youtube are needlessly larger than my 5K monitor.

    • Sunrosa@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Higher resolution videos actually have better bitrates on youtube. Like if you select 4k even if your monitor is just 1080p, the video will look much better.

        • Sunrosa@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          All the more reason just to use yt-dlp. I know it takes a tiny bit of time to set up, but it’s well worth it. I’m able to download 20-minute videos that would have otherwise buffered in less than a minute. I can simultaneously queue up a bunch of videos, and watch them with zero stuttering.